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LUKE lV. OSBORN, OF JOLIET, 'ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO DI'XNIEL ROBERTSON,IRVING D. STEVENS, AND LLOYD EBERHART, ALL OF SAME PLAGE.

CORN HARVESTER AND HUSKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 397,998,1:latedFebruary 19, 1889. Application filed August 17, 1887. Serial No.247,167. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it 77mg/ con/corn: l a construction and organizationgenerally effi- Be itknown that LLUKE W. OsBoRN, aciticient in all ofthe chief ends heretofore sought zen of the United States, residing atJoliet, in y for in corn harvesters and huskers, as well as the eountyoflVill and State of Illinois, have i practical and efficient in itsseveral details. 5 5Y 5 invented a certain new and useful linproye- Tothe attainment ot all of the` foregoing ment in Corn Harvesters andHuskers, ot i and other useful ends my invention consists which thefollowing is a specification. l in matters hereinafter described, andparticu- 'lhis invention relates particularly to iin- ,i larly pointedout in the claims.

prorements in corn harvesting and husking l In a corn harvesting andhusking machine 6o 1o machines wherein, during the progress of theembodying the several features of my immachine through the field, theears are first provement the stalks irrespective of their consnappedfrom the standing stalks and then i dition are brought to a uniformstanding conhusked, in contradistinction to corn-harvesti'dition anddirected to and. between a pair of ers wherein the ears are simplysnapped or i snappii'ig-rolls, which serve to draw the stalks 65 r 5pulled from the stalks and collected in an undown between them, andwhile so doing to husked condition, and in 'further contradiseffect thesnapping ott of the cars in an untinction to corn harvesters and huskershuskcd condition. The ears as soon as snapped wherein it has beenattempted to husk and oft are carried directly back to and along acollect the ears without delachiug the husks pair of husking-rolls,which are arranged as 7o 2o from the stalks. rear extensions ot thesnapping-rolls, but

Among the more prominent ends which are which subserve the separate anddistinct purnecessary to be attained in order to provide a pose ofhusking the ears which have been practically successful corn harvestingand previously snapped .ott along the 'forwardly husking` machine thefollowing may be noted, I arranged snapping-rolls. The stalks after be-75 to wit: certainty in gathering the entire crop l ing raised toauniform standing condition,

of corn irrespective ot' the` condition of the lso as to permit them toproperly enter bestalks or of the position of the ears thereon; Ii tweenthe snapping-rolls, are bent or inclined I l l l l l i l i rapidity andcertainty of actioii,a1id the proin a direction contrary to theadvancement vision of means for performing' the work at a of themachine, so as to facilitate their pas- 8o 3o rate ot' speedsufficiently rapid to avoid ensage downwardly between thesnappingtanglemei'it of the stalks in the machine and rolls, whichlatter are desi rably inclined and s hinderauce to the 'free andeffective operation 5 extended to such a height that the stalks, ofanyot' its working parts; absolutecertainty y can usually be drawnfreely` between them" in snapping oli the ears without pulling up andfinally released without need of arrest- 85 the stalks, and theavoidance ot t ansferringi ing the passage of the stalks in such rear#an ear while on the stalk from the snapping wardly-inclined condition.The stalks while to the husking portion of the machine; cerbeing drawndown between the snapping-rolls tainty of and rapidity in husking; theayoid- 5 are pinched close up to the butt-ends of the ance ot shellingthe corn in either snapping g ears, which latter are, however, prevented9o 4o or husking; the accommodation of. the ma` i from getting caughtbetween the rolls, therechine to stalks of all heights and sizes quickby insuring the rapid and effective snapping entry of the stalks intothe machine and a off of the ears at their weakest point of conrapiddeparture of the stalks from the same 5 nection with the stalks andavoiding shelling the avoidance ot breaking down the stalks; 5 of thecorn. The snapped-oit ears are notper- 95 45 simpliiied means foroperating' the snapping mitted to accumulate over the snapping-rolls andhusking devices; the a\f*oidauce of a wide i and are carried back alongthe same without cumbersome machine, and the absence of deany grindingor cutting action. Upon reachvices for shifting the ears about tolocalities I' ing the husking-rolls the ears are subjected remote fromeach other; the provision of a to an exposure of husking-roll surfacesuitroo 5o strong and durable machine having a comable for scratching orloosening up the husks, paratively light draft, and the attainment ofwhich are gripped between the h risking-rolls,

leaving` the ears to be carried on to the point check or arm ll employedlor breaking oll of discharge. The ears from the farthest forthe ear incase the same should not have ward point of snapping to the point ofdissnapped off lower down the rolls, the point at 7o charge in rear ot'the husking-rolls traverse a which said section is taken being indicatedsubstantially-direct patl1,'and as soon as the by dotted line 3 3, Fig.(i, wherein, however, ears are snapped oft they areimmediately care theraised check ll and the side-boards l ried back along such path, therebyavoiding (shown in Fig. 3) are for convenience ol' illusany clogging upol the machine. tration omitted. Fig. -LL is a view similar to 75 It isherein understoml that the terms the last preceding views, but takenthrough [o snapping-rolls and husking-rolls eomprethe husking portionsof the rolls, the point hend either the respective forward and rearatwhich the section is taken being indicated ward portions oit two'longrolls suitably adapt by dotted lines 4 al, Fig. 6, wherein, as hereedfor snapping oilE the ears along their foriiibefore observed, theside-boards P are not 8o ward pori-ions and having their rear portionsshown. Fig. 5 represents a section taken i 5 suitably adapted forhusking such snappedon a vertical plane longitudinally through oli'ears, or two separate pairs ol' rolls, with the machine on dotted line 55, Fig. l. Fig. the rear husking-r011s arranged to constitute, G is adetail representing in top plan the in eltect, rear extensions of theforwardly-ar rolls and guards over the same. Fig. 7 is 85 rangedsnapping-rolls, and that with regard a detail representing a "portion ofthe main zo to the feature of such snapping-rolls and huski` wheeledbody-frame and a portion of the ading-rolls, combnred with anelevating-conjustable frame which provides a support for veyerconsisting of an endless chain or belt the harvesting and huskingdevices, with a provided with fingers which take the ears at rack andpinion employed in the adjusting 9o the points where they are snappedoil along mechanism. rlhis view also includes one of the snapping-rollsand carry said ears directly the stalk-litters detached. Fig. 8 is averi ical back to and along the husking-rolls, no parsection takentransversely through the maticular limitation is herein placed upon thechine in rear of the main axle on dotted line construction of huskingand snapping rolls, 8 S, Figs. l and 5, and looking toward the for- 9 5save that the Al'orwardly-arraiiged snappingward end of the machine. l)represents 3o rolls are to involve the distinctive characteris- 1 thesnapping and husking rolls. Fig. 'l0 is a tie of an adaptation to snapthe ears from the l detail taken transversely through the double stalksin an unhusked condition, and the rearinclined or inverted-V shapedbottom of the wardly-arranged husking-rolls to involve thehusk-gathering receptacle, and shows in cross- Ioo distinctivecharacteristic of an adaptation to section ahusledeiiecti nghoard orplate hinged 35 strip the hnsks from the loose ears that have to saidbottom, the position ot' said husk-rebecn snapped olf by saidsnappingarolls; and ceptacle in the machine being indicated in in thisconnection it will be apparent to those dotted lines, Fig. S. Fig. l lrepresents Aon a skilled in the art that in various other comsomewhatlarger scale a section taken trans- 105 binations, hereinafter set iorthand claimed, versely through the snapping portion ot' one 4o variousVforms or constructions ol rolls and oi the rolls, theline of said s(tion being de guards maybe employed without departing noted by dottedlines ll ll, Fig. l). Fig. l2 from the spirit of my invention. In theVfolis an enlarged detail, partly in elevation and lowing description,however, certain details partlyinlongitudinal section, ol' a portieriot' 11o ot' construction in both. the guards and rolls, the roll shownin the preceding ligure. Fig.

4 5 serving to attain special features o'i improve- 123 represents theroll D made in two separate ment, are set forth, and in the drawings Ilengths and mounted on springbearings, the have represen ted deviceswhich I regard as roll E in this iigure being, however, in one highlyel'teciive and as involving such varii length. Fig. 14 is a detailrepresenting in top 115 ous features of special improvement, which lplan view the arrangement of guards,rolls, and

5o in certain claims hereinafter made are spel endless chains or beltsprovided with iingers. cifieally stated. l Fig. l5 is a detailrepresenting asection taken In said drawings, F gure .l represents intransversely through the toothed husking-roll perspective a cornharvesting and husking on line l5 l5 of Fig. 9, with one of the strip*12o machine embodying my invention, portions pers placed in co-operativerelationship with 55 of certain longitudinally arranged guards saidroll. Fig. 16 is a top plan view of a pair and also a portion of one ofthe stalk-litters of such strippers with a portion of said huskbeingbroken away for convenience of illusi ing-roll. Fig. 17 is a sectiontaken transtration. Fig. 2 's a sectional detail taken versely throughthe snapping-rolls, guards 125 transversely through the snappingportions over the same, the endless chain G, provided 6o of the rollsand the guards over the saine, and with fingers, and conveyer L. Fig.'1.8 reprerepresents the position ot' a stalk preparatory l sents thetwo snapping-rolls with one ol' said to snapping the ear therefrom, thepoint at rolls in longitudinal section. Fig. 19 shows 'which saidsection is taken being indicated the husk-receptacle detached. Fig. 20is a 13o by dotted line 2 2, Fig. Fig. 3 is a view top plan view of saidhusk-receptacle. Fig.

65 similar to Fig. 2, but taken. at a point adja- 2l represents, mainly,a central longitudinal cent to the upper terminals oli' the snapping,section taken on a vertical plane through the oit portions of the rolls,so as to show the frame of the machine and illustrates in dotted linesthe downward adjustment of the upper adjustable frame.

The main frame or -body A and the main driving and supporting wheels Bof the corn harvesting and husking machine represented in said drawingsare arranged for straddling a row of corn as it stands in the Iield, thetwo main driving and supporting wheels being disposed for travel,respectively, along opposite sides of the row. The upper side of themainor body frame inclines downwardly from rear to front, and,desirably, the frame is as a whole tilted to some extent, so as todepress its forward end and bring the same within a comparatively shortdistance from the ground, the caster-wheels C serving' as means forproperly upholding such forward end of the machine.

-D indicates one and E denotes the other of a pair of inclinedI parallelrolls, which are mounted in appropriate bearings and driven in oppositedirections from one or both of the main drivin g and supporting wheelsB. These rolls are arranged along the inclined upper side of the main orbody-frame and extend nearly the length of the machine. Said rollspartake of the inclination given to such upper inclined side of the mainor body frame, whereby their lower ends shall be comparatively low downat the front end of the machine, from which point the rolls inclineupwardly to the rear, as herein clearly illustrated. These rolls act.conjointly to attain two distinct results at separate portions of theirlength, the first being the snapping of the ears from the stalks and thesecond the husking of the ears after they have been thus severed. Acertain length of the roller-surfacegafforded by said rolls andcommencing at or near their lower forward ends is devoted I exclusivelyto snapping off the ears, while the remaining upper length ofroller-surface, com- I mencing at or adjacent to the upper terminal ofthe snapping-off surface and extending' substantially to the rearelevated ends of the I rolls, is devoted to husking the severed ears. Bysuch arrangement the machine is in effect provided with a pair ofparallel rotary snappingrolls or snappingroll lengths, as they mayindifferently be termed, and with a pair of parallel rotaryhusking-rolls or huski l ing-roll lengths, which are extended back fromthe rear terminalsof the forwardly-arranged snapping-rolls, it beingobvious that while it is mechanically better to form each snapping-rollportion integral with the huskin g-roll portion immediately back of thesame the same generalA result would be attained by a pair of axlesprovided with forward snapping-rolls and rear husking-rolls or bysevering all connection between the forward and rear portions of rolls.In the latter case,how ever, more complicated roll-driving mechanism isrequired, whereas by employingi\t\wo long rolls having one portion oftheir length adaptedfor snapping and another portion of`\ their lengthadapted for husking, the rolls can be economically driven from one end.In either instance provision is made for an open guideway for the earsextending back from the forward terminal port-ions of the snapping-rollsto the rear terminal portions of the husking-rolls, so that the earswhen snapped off at points along thesnapping-rolls can by a conveyer,such as hereinafter set forth, be carried back freely and without delay.

The rolls are preferably inclined, since if arranged horizontally thestalks must be drawn down between the rolls to such an extent as tobreak the stalks and prevent rapid and efficientaction. rlhesnapping-rolls are therefore herein lshown inclined, and in practice theforwardly -arranged snapping-rolls will usually be extended up to suchheight as will permit the stalks irrespective of their heightto be drawnfreelybetween the rolls and without necessitating the presence of astalkb ender arranged for bending the stalks forward, as in manyheretofore -proposed machines.

Preparatory to receiving the stalks between the snapping-rolls it isdesirable to bring the stalks to a uniform standing condition and togather them up no matter how closely they maybe found laid to theground.

To the attainment of such end the machine 'is `provided at its forwardend with a pair of stalk-lifters, l?, respectively located at oppositesides of 'the gap, which at the forward end of the machinel constitutesthe entrance to a space or passage provided through the machine for thestanding stalks. hach IOO of the two stalk-lifters Aherein shownconsists.

simply of an arm or bar, l, provided with an uptu rned portion, 2, andat its rear end hinged or pi'votally attached to anadjustable frame orsupport that is provided as a support for the harvesting devices andarranged upon the main frame of the machine. These stalklifters aremaintained at a proper height above the ground by small wheels 3,preferably one foreach stalk-lifter. The two stalklifters are set apartat a distance suitable for permitting them to respectively pass alongopposite sides of the row of ear-bearing stalks and to engage under andraise fallen stalks or stalks that may have dropped toward either onboth sides of the row, the upturned portions 2 of said devices servingto further raise the stalks and bring the same within reach of thegatheri11g-chains.

The gap or forward end of the stalk-receiving space or passage tapers orconverges rearwardly from the stalk-lifters to the lower forward ends ofthe. rolls, as at il, Fig. l,whereby the stalks raised by thestalk-lifters as well las such stalks as are standing can be properlyguided to a receiving-space, 5,that is provided between said ends of therolls by tapering one or both of the forward terminal portions of therolls, said tapered ends of the rolls, or, preferably, the lower end ofroll E,

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being provided with a spiral thread, 8, which assists as a feed devicefor feeding the stalks to the space between the snapping-rolls.

(l indicates one and G the other of a pair smoes tween the rolls` themore rapidly the stalk can of endless gathering or feed ehains or link lbelts that are respeetively provided with fingers f and T for gatheringin the stalks at the tta-ward end of the machine and feedii'ig the sameinto the stalk-receiving space between the lower l'orward ends of therolls. These endless chains travel in an inclined plane parallel orsubstantially parallel with the axes of the rolls` and are arranged sothat during their front ot' and gather in any and all stalks that mayhave been raised by the stalk-litters.

travel their fii'igers shall be brought in one of the stalk-litters.

The distance at which the inner oppositelydisposed leaves or lengths ofthese chains are 1 set apartand the length of their lingers are 1 suchthat when any two oppositely-arranged fingers, respectively, of the twochains are brought in position to cross a stalk in` advance of the samesaid fingers shall. overlap one another-that is to say, be broughttogetlieit'or a portion off their le igth-thereby serving to effectivelygather in thestalks and to feed the saine with certainty to the rolls.

These ehains may be driven in an \v eonvenl the dri ving-wheels, but areder extension ol the snapping portions ot the ient way from sii-ablydriven at a higher rate oi' speed than the speed at which the machine isadvaiieed through the field, for a purpose heri-iiuai'ter set forth.

'lhe rolls revolve in contraer directions and in a way to draw thestalks down between their snapping` portions, and since the rolls arearranged to incline upwardly from Afront to rear of the machine theadvancement of y the machine through the field necessarily permits therolls while receiviiig the stalks between them at a point comparativelylow l down to present to such stalks a pair of snapping-ril portionswhich rise relatively to the stalk in proportion to the advancement ot'the machine. lt is desirable, however, to further facilitate the speedwith which the stalks pass down between the rolls in order to avoidclogging or entanglementand to provide i'or a free efficient action. 'lothe attainment of such end the endless gatherin g-chains G and G are, ashas hereinbel'ore been observed, driven at a rate of' speed which issomewhat faster than l l i i y parts,las in Figs. l and I3.

the speed at which the machine will ordinarily be drawn through theiield. gathering and feeding fingers of these endless traveling chains,but more particularly the rearwardly and upwardly t'aveling fingers ofthe endless chain or belt G, will act to depress the stalks toward therear, and hence to bend them down in a direction contrary to theljnogression of the machine. The act of' thus bending or tilting backthe stalks serves to bring them into position to pass more rapidlybetween theinclined rolls, Vi t be ing evident that the more nearly astalk extending up between the rolls is forced back into a posit-ionparallel with the space be- In this way the pass down between the same.

The endless chain or link belt G may be and herein is employed "as anendless traveling support for iingers 7, which (io-operate with thefingers of the opposite chains, G, to an extent only to gather and direct the stalks into the reci-iving-space 5 between the forward lowerends of' the rolls. The endless chain G can therefore be madecomparatively short and arranged upon. sprocket-wheels and lf3, hereinmounted at the forward end portion of' the machine, with thesprocketwheel lf3 set just back of' the upturned end of' The fingers Gof the endless chain (i, however, desirably continue to act upon thestalks attra-"parting 'from the fingers of the chain G', and hence thechain G is made considerably longer than the chain G' and arranged uponsprocket-wheels 17 and 1S, which are mounted so that the chain G can beguided by appropriate pulleys Ain a manner to cause its fingers to sweepover the entire snapping portion of the rolls. By such arrangement thestalk, no matter what its height, will be subject to aset ot' fingers onan endless chain or belt until the last ear at the highest point on thestalk has been snapped off', it being here observed that the upwardrolls to a, considerable height, and, f'urt-her, the action of the ngeis(l, traveling rearwardly over such snapping portion and laying back thestalks, will under all ordinary circumstances adapt the machine to eornof any height and effect the snapping offl of the ears from the lowestto the highest points where they may be found upon the stalks.

There by reason ot a stalk being ot nnusual height or from any causewhatsoever the ear would. not be snapped ol'l before reaching the upperterminals ol' the silappin g portions oit the rolls, the passage ot' theun snapped ear beyond su eh point is prevented and its snapping oltinsured by a check, lvl, consisting of' an arm fixed upon the machineand arranged to extend across the snapping portions of the rollsadjacent to the upper terminals of such The ears will usually be snappedoft' before reaching the check H. Should, however, the ear arrive in annnsnapped condition at the point where the check H crosses the rolls,the ear will be arrested by such check, as in Fig. 3, at which momentthe pressure of one of the fingers ofi' a eonveyer, L, against the earwill ini-ivitably break or snap it oit from the stalk.

The ears that have been snapped ofi from the stalks are carried up tothe husking portions ot the rolls by the fingers of chain conveyer L.This conveyor consists of an endless chain or belt provided withfingers, as aforesaid, and arranged so that during operation theVfingers shall fora portion of the travel of the chain or belt traversea path extending substantially over and along the line ot' separationbetween the forward snapping-roll IOO IIO

portions or snapping-rolls and, further,Y extending substantially overand along the line of separation between the rear husking-rolls. In thisway the ears will be taken by the eonveyer-lingers as soon as snappedoff, and from the points where they are snapped ott' carried in anunhusked condition and without delay in a direct path back to and alongthe husking-rolls, where they are finally deprivedof their husks. Bysuch arrangement the ears are not permitted to accumulate over thesnapping-rolls, and by employing a conveyer of such character the earswill be carried back with all desirable rapidity and at the same timewithout any grinding or eutting aetio'n tending to shell the corn. lVithregard to this conveyer, a distinctive feature of its employmentconsists in its arrangement and connection with any suitableconstruction of snappingA and husking rolls, whereby the ears, as soonas they are snapped off in an unhusked condition, are carried from thepoints of snapping directly back to the husking-rolls, where they arehusked. The ears that have thus been snapped off from the stalks areguided in theirascent and protected from the snapping portions of therolls by guards I and K, respectively arranged parallel with the rollsand lixed so as to overhang the same. These guards partake somewhat ofthe curvature of the rolls and extend over and along the snappingportions of the same, so as to provide in effect a long trough havingalong its bottom a longitudinal space or passage of ample width for thepassage of tl e stalks, and adapted, while permitting the buttend of theears to be brought sufficiently close to the stalk space or passagebetween the rolls, to prevent the ear from getting into the same. Inthis connection the provision of the small roll E, in conjunction withthe larger roll, D, becomes of particular advantage, since by sucharrangement the guards I and K can be set so as to effectively keep theear from off the rolls andthus prevent shelling of the corn, while atthe same ,time the butt-end of the ear can be brought close to therotary snapping or pinching surfaces, and thereby allow the same to actupon the weakest point ot' connection between. the ear and the stalk.The guard or shield I is in eltect depressed along one edge portion,with such inclined or depressed edge portion extended towanl the line ofseparation between the rolls. In this connection it will be observedthat whether the rolls be made of like or of different relativediametersthe depression of one edge portion of a guard or shield over one rollcan be made to bring such depressed edge of the guard so near to theopposite roll and within such close proximity to the line of separationbetween the rolls as to provide between the guard and the uncovered rolla stalk-passage, which is of su'liicient width to admit the stalks, butnot the ears, and which shall be so close to the line of separationbetween the rolls as 'to permit i i l l l l l i i i I i l cri the rollsto pinch the stalks close up to the butt-ends of the ears, and therebyeffect the separation of the two at the weakest point. The guard K isnot, therefore, absolutely neecssar Y, since after snapping olfthe earin an unhusked condition the narrow stalk space or passage will preventthe ear from getting caught between the rolls, and the ear can becarried back along the guideway formed between the depressed or'inclinededge portion of the guard or shield and the uncovered roll, which lattershould, of course, in such case be made with a smooth surface. The bestresults are, however, attained by making the two snapping-rolls ofdiiferentrelative diameters, as illustrated in' lFigs. 2 and 3, whereinthe guard or shield I is arranged over the larger snapping-roll, 9. Insuch case, by employing a comparatively small snapping-roll, l0, inconjunction with a comparatively large roll, the pinch can be morereadily made close up to the butt-ends of the ears, and where the rollsare thus relatively sized it is advantageous to extend the depressededge of guard I toward the smaller roll as well as toward the line ofseparation between the two rolls, and to further extend said edge of theguard somewhat to one side of a vertical plane parallel with and passingthrough the line of separation between the two rolls, so that when theear is drawn down to the stalk-passage between the guard I and thesmaller roll the ear striking against the edge of the guard will bedeiiected somewhat to one side and thereby facilitate its snapping olf.The guard K may, however, be employed to cover the smallersnapping-roll, whereby as soon as the ear is snapped otf it will lie ina trough or guideway formed between the sloping opposing edges of thetwo guards. In this connection it will be observed that the .fingers ofthe chain or belt Gr travel in a path somewhat higher than butsubstantially parallel with the path traversed by the lingers of theelevating chain conveyer L. The lingers 22 of the chain conveyer L are,when used in connection with the guard K, somewhat widened toward theirends, so as to ride within comparatively close proximity to said guardand take the snapped-off ears with certainty. The lingers of theconveyer L also assist to some extent in the feed of the stalks, towhich end they are arranged so that when a gathering-finger of the chainbelt or carrier G is in the act of leaving a stalk and passing aroundthe sprocketwheel l5 a finger of the conveyer L will take such stalk intime to prevent its being' drawn to one side by the departing finger ofchain G.

As a further feature of improvement one of the rolls is provided withspring-backed ribs arranged for engagin the stalks, and serving notonly. to take a firm hold thereon, but also to yield to different sizesof stalks. Each rib 13 preferably consists of a strip or bar arrangedlongitudinally along the roll and made with corner edges suitable forengaging the stalks. The springs li for backing these IOO IIO

` ribs are conveniently confined within recesses or longitudinal grooves'formed along the roll and capable of providing guide-walls for aportion ol' the thickness of the ribs, as in Fig. ll, wherein it will beseen any one of the ribs can be depressed lo some extent in its allottedrecess, groove, or seat. by preference will be, made of flexible springstrips or bars, which feature adds to the efciency of the springs ll, asillustrated by Fig. 18, wherein a stalk ol" a certain diameter is shownbetween the snapping-roll l() and the l end oi' one olf these ribs, anda stalk of another diameter between the roll and the middie portion ofthe rib. Under such condition the spring back of one end of the rib willbe compressed perhaps to while by reason oil the flexibility of the ribits middle portion will be bent back into the longitudinal recess. Thislfeatu rc permits the ribs to act with great elliciency at all pointsalong ln connection with a ribbed roll the guard l will cover the saine,but permit the ribs to engage the stalks close up to the butt-ends otthe ears, and for all practical purposes 1 iind the arrangement oflongitudinal ribs the best, since all form-s of spiral ribs theirlength.

tend more or less to twist the cars and shell j the corn in place olelliecting a quick clean snap at the junction ot' the husked ear withthe stalk.

The gua-rd l terminates at thc upper terminal of the snapping to exposethe toothed portion oit one of the rear husking-rolls, ll, while theguard l is, on the contrary, extended beyond the snapping portion l0 oi'roll l and continued over and along substantially the entire upperlength oi said roll, so as to provide a guard, K', over the huskingportion l2 oi the same, as best illustrated in Figs. l and o'.

The roll D is provided at intervals along its husking portion with somesuitable arrangement ot' luisking-teeth, preferably with annularcircumferentially-arranged lines of teeth lo, while the roll E isprovided with a series of annular circumtereiitially-arranged grooves,20, arranged at intervals in correspondence with the annular lines orsets oi' teeth on the opposite roll. AWhile the teeth could be arrangedin longitudinal lines and the grooves be made longitrulinal along rollsE, the foregoing arrangeine'nt ot' annular sets ot teeth and groovespreferable.

The perimeters oli' the huskng portion ot' the two rolls set closelytogether, so as to permit them to take a iirm hold upon the husks as thelatter are stripped from the ears by the husking-teeth, which whilejn'ojecting from one roll are received in the grooves ot the oppositeroll. The guard K over the husking portion of rollE tends to maintainthe unj husked ears over against the husking-teeth ol? the oppositeroll, and also keep the ears from being drawn down between the rolls andshelled; but as an additional means for forcing the unhusked earsagainst the husking rlhe ribs can be, and 1 the limit, or nearly so,

portion 9 of roll D, so as (preferably with a plurality of) annular pe'ripherally-arranged ribs or il anges 2l, which are received in annulargrooves Slim-med in the roll D. These ribs constitute projections,stops, or abutmen ts, which during the upward passage of the unhuskedears in the guideway that is formed between guard li and roll l D serveto deflect the ears from a straight upward passage and force the earsover against the husking-teeth.

lily the foregoing arrangement one olf the l rolls is provided withhuskiug-teeth and grooves at intervals between such teeth, while l theopposite roll is provided with projections l registering with suchgrooves, it being obvious from the statement hercinbetore made teeth theroll E is provided with one or more l j that the teeth could, it'desired, be arranged l in longitudinal lines; that said grooves and liprojections could in such case be made to conl, form to the spacesbetween the longitudinal l rows of teeththat is to say, without change lof result the grooves couldbe made between 1 the longitudinal rows oi'teeth-and hence no limitation is herein placed upon the particuj larform of grooves 00 nor upon the particui lar it'orm oi' ribs or`projections 2l, it being evil dent that the improvement consists ingrooving one roll at suitable points and providing l the oth er rollwith projections regi steri u with 'l such grooves. j The guard l isprovided along its lower i inner longitudinal edge with gaps or notchesl corresponding in position to the location ol l l l the projections,flanges, or shoulders 2l, in which way these projections, flanges, orshoulders can project above the guard, which lat.- ter can be set downas closely to the roll E as may be desired.

By the foregoing arrangement one ot' the husking-rolls is provided withsets ol' teeth alternating with plain cylindric surfaces, while theopposite roll is provided with grooves or recesses which register withthe sets of husking-teeth and with plain cylindric surfaces which matchthe plain cylindric surfaces oli' the opposite roll. These plaincylindric surfaces serve to take a firm bite or hold on the husks as thelatter are scratched up and looscned by the husking-teeth ande'llectively strip the husks 'from the ears and draw the husks betweenthe rolls.

The guard K which may be regarded either an extension of or as separatefrom the forguard K, is along one edge depressed somewhat toit to soguide the unhusked ears that they will be subjected to the action ot thehusk l ing-teeth of the rotary toothed husking-roll, while the ribs orprojections on the untoothed husking-roll serve to deflect the ears tostill greater advantage against the husking-teeth. The ears that havebeen snapped ofi' from the stalks are carried up to and along thehusking portions of the rolls, or huskingroll D bya rolls, or

rollsj? as they may be termed, by the conveyer L, which also serves as ameans for conveying the husked ears up to the point of discharge. Thefingers 22 of the endless chain conveyer ,i L are desirably made flatand comparatively l broad, so as to engage and carry the ears up f tothepoint of discharge with certainty. This endless chain conveyer L isconveniently ar- I ranged upon a couple of sprocket-wheels, 23 and 24,respectively, at opposite ends of the f machine, the sprocket-wheel 24.being rigid with or fixed upon the axle of the sprocketl wheel l5, sothat the gathering-chain G can i be driven from the chain conveyer L. iThe husks which are scratched or picked ,i from the ears by thehusking-teeth are caught between the rolls and carried down between thesame, thus entirely stripping the husks from the ears, the vguard Kpreventing the ear from being drawn between the rolls and shelled. Thehusks, after being drawn down between the two rolls, are stripped fromthe set of strippers, M, Figs. 8, l5, and 16, consisting of fingerssecured to the main frame and arranged with their free ends tangentialto and against or close np to the said roll. The stripping-fingers arepreferably spring-fingers secured at one end to some suitable fixtureand arranged with their free ends projecting in annular grooves 25, thatare formed in the roll D alongside the sets of huskiug-teeth. Thearrangement of grooves 25 and strippers M adjacent to the sets ofhusking-teeth is desirable, since the husks passing between the rollswill be caught upon the teeth and would be carried round with the samewere it not for the strippers. As a result of the foregoing constructionl and organization of parts the snapping of the ears from the stalks iseffected with great left being here noted that desire that the stalks irapidity and certainty and the stalks standing in the iield, it farmersparticularly should be so'left.

As soon as the ears have been snapped or pulled from the stalks no timeis vlost in conveying the ears to the husking portions of thehusking-rolls, as they are herein i indifferently termed, and hence notossing J about of the ears is rendered necessary, itI being' seen thatthe husking portions of the y rolls are upwardly-inclined continnationsof i the lower inclined snapping portions, so that from the time' ofentry of a stalk between the rolls toy the moment of delivery of an unihusked ear to a trough or hopper at the rear l of the machine the ear iscarried continu-i ously upward, first on the stalk until it is snappedand then in a substantiall Y direct upward course to the point ofdischarge, it being seen that while during such upward course the earsare at points along the huski ing-rolls slightly deiiected byprojections on so-as to t-hrow them over i ed roll, their course is sub-'Ihe snapping and husking the untoothed roll against the toothstantially direct.

rolls being' thus formed of two long rolls, whereof the' forwardportions are the snapping-rolls and the rear portions the huskingrolls,the objectionable complication and weight of mechanism for driving fourseparate rolls-two for snapping and two for husking-is herein avoided,itbeing' seen that the rolls D and E can be and herein are driven fromone end, and that when so driven it is merely necessary to connect therolls together at their upper end by gear-wheels 26 and '27 and driveone roll, which will in turn drive the other.

rl'he arrangement of 'the husking portions of the rolls in line with buthigher than the snapping-roll portions avoids any undesirable width ofmachine, and, further, places the husking-roll portions sufficientlyabove the stalks that have left the snapping-roll portions to avoidbreaking such stalks down, and permits a construction of machine whichcan have in transverse section a sort of inverted-V shape, and whichtherefore can pass freely over the standing stalks.

In order to provide beyond the upper ends of the husking-rolls suitablespace for driving mechanism at -the upper end of the machine, and alsoto extend the main frame up a height suitable for providing a point ofdischarge adjacent to a trough or hopper, N, properly elevated withrelation to such Wagon as may be hitched onto the rear of the machinefor receiving the husked corn from said trough or hopper7 the guard K isextended beyond the roll E, and beyond the upper end of the huskingportion of roll D a guard, 0, is arranged to provide, in conjunctionwith the upper extended end portion, 28, of guard K', a trough or wayalong which the husked ears will be carried by the conveyerL,whichserves to discharge the husked ears into the trough or hopper N.

In order to effectively guard against the y ears being thrown overeither side of the machine, side-boards P are arranged to extend alongthe machine substantially from its forward to its rear end. Theseside-boards are secured in any suitable way upon the main frame and areset apart about as shown in Fig. l, wherein said boards are forconvenience of illustration partially broken away. At their lower endsthese boards P diverge forwardly, so as to leave the gap or space -fclear or open.

In order to collect the husks,-I provide a husk-recejitaele, R, arrangedin position to catch the husks as they are stripped from roller D by thestrippers.v This husk-receptacle can be made with vertical sides R', buthas a bottom, R2, which is in cross-section of an inverted-V shape,whereby the presence of said receptacle will not interfere with thestanding stalks as the machine is drawn along' the field. Thehusk-receptacle can be secured to the main frame in any suitable way,and as an additional feature of improvement in IOO IIO

this connection l provide the hush-reeeptaele with a tilting ordei'lecting board or bottom eX- tension, Qt), Figs. l0, ltl,and 20,whichextends alon the length of the husk-receptacle, along` itsliiingitudinal middleline,hinged or pivoted upon the highest middle lineof the inverted- V-shaped bottom of the husk-receptacle, as at 30. lithsuch arrangement the high middle line ol' the bottom ot' thehusk-receptacle will stand somewhat below the husking vportions oi' therolls, whereby wheinfm.' example, the hinged husk-deficcting board Ztlis in the posit-ion indicated in Fig. l0 the huslfs will collect in oneside otl the huslvrecepi acle. As soon, however, as this 'side of thehusk-receptacle `becomes full the board 20 can be tilted to the other ofits two extreme positions, and thereby direct the fallin g husks intothe space alongl the right intta'ior side of the husk-ie ceptacle.

rlhe axle l for the main driving and supporting wheels is bent up as inFig, S, so as to avoid interfering with thestanding stalks over whichthe machine passes', it being seen that the inverted-U bend of the axleprovides space for the stalks as they are left by the rolls. XVhere ahusic-receptacle such as herein shown is employed the bent axle can passthrough the inclined portions of the bottom of such receptacle, as willbe readily understood without further description.

The snajfiping and husking rolls and devices auxiliary thereto aresupported upon an inclined frame, Si., which said frame is in turnsupported upon some suitably-construct'ed inclined support or guideway,which may, for example, be provided by the upper inclined sills, 32,01?the wheeled main or body frame A. The frame that carries said snappingand husking devices arranged so that it can be adjusted in positionalong its inclined support, which latter,while conveniently formed bythe upper side sills, 32, as hereinbe'fore mentioned, can be formed byany other suitable arrangement of bars, timbers, or the like arranged touphold and maintain the Jframe 3l in an inclined position, but permitsuch frame to be moved in the direction. of its length. In this way theend movement of 'frame Sl. in either direction servcsto move it along aninclined pltne, and hence while such corn gathering and lnisking devicesas may be employed can be readily raised and lowered by an endadjustment of the 'frame or support 3l, whereon they are arranged, suchadjustment will not change the inclination of either the snapjiing-rollswhich snap the corn or the husliing-rolls which husi; Said rolls cantiica'eftn'e be maintained at an Vinclination which serves to renderthem most effective. W ith regard to this feature of the machine it. isherein understood. that no limitation is placed upon the particular'construction or arrangement of devices adapted `for harvesting the corn,and likewise that no limitation is placed upon the constructitm of thesame. t

ceases huslcing-rolls, it being obvious that the gist of the improvementconsists in providing for such corn-harvesting devices as it may bedesired to employ a supporting frame arranged for adjustment in aninclined plane, substan tially as hereinbeiore set forth, incontradistinction to older machines, wherein the cornharvesting devicescould only be raised or lowered relatively to the ground by tilting awheel-supported body-frame whereon they were arranged.

The adjustment of the adjustable frame or support for the harvesting`and husking devices is readily attained by a rack, pinion, andhand-lever, or other suitable means.

As herein shown, the hand-lever 33 is arranged within convenient reachof an attendant occupying the drivers seat 34-, and is provided with adouble end pawl Al'or engaging either with the frontor with the rear ofa ratchet-wheel, 35, on an axle, Sti, carrying a couple of gear-wheels,37, and mounted upon the lower wheel-supporte( frame. These gear-wheels37 engage racks 3i on the adjustable frame hwhereby by Operating thehand-lever the frame or support for the liarvesting and husking devicescan be raised or lowered at will, and hence said devices adjusted inheight with reference to the condition of the field and` withoutchanging the inclination of the rolls.

Various arrangements for driving the rolls` and eonveyers couldobviously be employed, and hence nolimitation is hereinimpostal upon thedriving mechanism. As' one oi' a variety of arrangements ofdrivingmechanism, brief reference may, however, be made to one of suchherein shown, and comprising endless chains 3i), driven from the mainsupporting an d dri ving wheels and serving to drive a shaft, 410, provided with sprocketwheels for said chains, it being understood that inthis connection any suitable clutch can be employed for the usualpurpose in machines of this class. The rolls D and E ca-n be geared toand driven from a shaft, 40, and from said shaft 4110 can be driven ashaft, tl, mounted at the upper rear end of the machine, and providedwith a sprocket wheel, li 1, for the chain ti and with a gear-wheel, t2,arrz'inged to engage and drive the s1n'oclcetwheel 25%, that is providedas an upper sprocket-wheel for the chain convever L.

As one way in which the endless chain (-l can be driven the shaft -fllis provided with. a bevelgear, il, engaging and operating a gear, 4l",which is formed upon or rigid with a chainwheel, tl, and, the axle ofthe chain-wheel or sj'noeliiet vlT is provided `with a link -chain wheelor sprocket, i-li, that is connected with the chain-wheel il by adrivii'ig-chain, tl".

The shafts of the machine are extended forward from opposite sides ofthe machine and adjustably hinged or pivoted thereto,`so that they canbe raised or lowered, as may be de sired. A portion of one of the twoshafts S i portion of the main IOO IIO

is represented in Fig. l, wherein the shaft is pivoted adjacent to itsrear end upon a short standard, ab, rising from the adjustable frame,and at its rear end is adjustably attached to a short slotted standard,at, to which it can be secured by a bolt and nut or the like.

In order to provide for an evener, a rope, 4:5, extending along oppositesides of the machine and across the rear portion ot' the latter, isarrang'ed to pass over pulleys i6, respectively, at the opposite rearcorners of the main frame, and also over a middle pulley, 47, likewisemounted upon the main frame, but arranged somewhat higher than thepulleys il-(, whereof one ot said pulleys is herein shown.

The advantages of having each of the two rolls D andE formed to extendcont-inuous for substantially the length of the machine and of adaptingthe lowerlmrtion of each roll for snapping and the upper portion thereoffor husking have hereinbefore been particularly emphasized. Aside,however, from the advantage of making each roll continuous, asaforesaid, further advantages are derived from providing two parallelroll-surfaces set at an incline and adapted whereby a certain length ofroll-surfaces from their lower ends upward shall be devoted exclusivelyto snapping off the ears, while the remaining upper length ofroll-surfaces shall be devoted exclusively to husking the ears after thelatter have been snapped off aud while they are being conveyed up alongthe rolls by a suitable conveyer. For some of the purposes of thisinvention said last-stated ends can be attained by either three or fourrolls, all arranged with their axes substantially in one and the sameinclined plane,'or at least in i l guard may be a plate over planesparallel with one another and in closegproximity. As an illustration ofsuch arrangement the roll D is shown in Fig. 13 as a divided roll-thatis to say, as being made in two separate lengths arranged end to end andwith one length in alignment with the other. In such case the lowerlength can be devoted to snapping, while the upper length can be devotedto husking. The roll E may, however, be continuous and equal in lengthto the two lengths of the roll D, or evidently the roll E could likewisebe divided, if desired. In said Fig. I3 I have shown the straightlongitudinal ribs solid with the lower length of roll D and have mountedsaid lower portion of roll in spring-backed bearings 48. The springs ot'these bearings serve to hold the snapping-surface of the lower length ofroll D up to the stalk, and at the same time permit suchsnapping-surface to yield to any enlargement of the stalk and otherwiseadapt itself to irregularities in size.

It will be understood that the spring-backed bearings would not answerfor roll D where the latter is solid or in one piece from the lowercommencement of its snapping portion to the upper termination of itshusking porn tion, since such arrangement would tend to prevent thehusking portions of the rolls from taking a proper grip on the husks atsuch times as the rolls would be forced apart by large stalks passingbetween their snapping portions. lVhile, therefore, for certain purposesof this invention, as will be readily comprehended by those skilled inthe art, the roll mounted in spring-bearings and provided with ribsrigid with the roll could be employed, I regard the roll provided withspri 11g-backed ribs, as hereinbefore described, a distinct feature ofimprovement, it being obvious that greater Acertainty of action can beattained by the em'- ployment of spring-backed ribs, and that by makingsuch ribs of flexible' spring-strips in addition to backing them bysprings still greater etiiciency of action can be had.

lVhile I have herein shown and described devices which I regard as thebest for carrying myinvention into eit'ect, it will be obvious thatvarious changes and modilications could be made by those skilled intheart, and hence I do not confine myself to the precise devices shown anddescribed, but wish to be understood as including all equivalent devicescoming within the spirit of my invention. It is also herein distinctlyunderstood that as to the feature ot' the endless eonveyerL,incombination with suitable forwardly -arranged snapping-rolls, suitable1earwardly-arranged husking-rolls extending hack from thesnapping-rolls, and a guard or shield adapted to provide a stalk-passageover and along the line of separation between the snapping-rolls, nolimitation is placed upon the construction of guard so long as it is aguard adapted to provide such character of stalk-passage as will passthe stalks but not the ears, and that such one snapping-roll or adivided guard comprising two plates, one over each snapping-roll. It isalso understood in the foregoing-mentioned connection that by thestatement that one of `the husk:n in g-rolls is uncovered to husk theears I. dof

not imply that the other roll must necessarily ICO IIO

be covered, for although I deem a guardover one of the husking-rolls asthe better arrangement, yet the ears could be husked if VbothVhusking-rolls were uncovered.

lVhat I claim as my invention isl. In a corn harvesting and huskingmachine, the combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of apair of parallel rotary snapping-rolls for drawing the stalks betweenthem and snapping oit' the ears in an unhusked condition, a pair ofparallel rotar husking-rolls for husking such snapped-off ears, arrangedin alignment with and extended back from the rear terminals of thesnappingrolls, and an endless conveyer chain or belt provided withfingers to take the ears at points where they are snapped off along thesnapping-rolls and convey them back to and along the rear husking-rolls,where the ears are finally stripped of their husks.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with a pairof forwardlyarranged parallel rotary snapping-rolls, of a guard orshield extending along and parallel with the rolls at such a distancefrom the rolls as to provide between the rolls and the guard astalk-passa ge, ot' a width to pass the stalks, but not the ears, and awardly-arran ged parallel rotary huskin g-rolls which from their forwardends extend back from the rear terminals of the snapping-rolls, one ofsaid husking-rolls being uncovered to husk such ears as have beensnapped off along the 'snapping-rolls and brought baek to thehusking-rolls.

The eomlgiination, subslan ti all y as hereinbefore set forth, with apair ot' forwardly-arranged pa 'allel rotary snapping-rolls and a pairof rearwardly-arranged parallel huskingrolls extending back from therear terminals of the snapping-rolls, of a guard or shield ex-,

tending along and parallel with the rolls at such a distance from therolls as to provide between the snapping-rolls and the guard astalk-passage of a width to pass the stalks, but not the ears, and anendless conveyer chain or belt provided with fingers to take the ears atpoints where they are snapped ofi' along the snapping-rolls and carrysuch snapped-off ears along the guard and deliver them to the rearbushing-rolls, one of which said huskingrolls is uncovered to husk theears.

l. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with a pairof parallel rotary snapping-rolls, ot' a guard or shield extending overand along one roll and having one edge portion depressed toward th eline of separation between the rolls to providebetween said depressededge portion and the opposite roll a stalk-passage' which is ofsufticient width to admit the stalks, but not the ears, and which iswithin such close proximity to the line of separation' between the tworolls as to permit the rolls to pinch the stalks close up to thebutt-end of the ears, for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with a pairof parallel rotary snapping-rolls having relatively-different diameters,of a guard or shield extending over and along the larger roll and havingits longitudinal edge port-ion that is nearest the smaller roll bentdownwardly both toward the line of separation between the rolls andtoward the smaller roll, so as to leave a stalkpassage which is ot'sufficient; width to admit the stalks, but not the ears, and which iswithin such close proximity to the line of separation between the rollsas shall permit them to pinch the stalks close upto the inittends ol'the ears, for the purpose set forth.

G. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth,with a pairof rotary snapping-rolls'whereof one is ribbed and both ar ranged forconjointly operating to draw the stalks between them, of a guard orshield, l,

pair of rearextending over and along the ribbed roll, and having oneedge inclined downwardly toward the line of separation between the rollsto an i extent to provide between its lower longil` tudinal edge portionand the roll that is alongside said ribbed roll a stalk-passage whichpermits the passage of the stalks and allows the ribs of the roll toengage the same close up to the butt-ends of the ears, but whichprevents the ears from being engaged by said ribs, for the purpose setforth.

7. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with a pairof rotary snapping-rolls, of the guard or shield l, arranged over andalong one roll, and having one edge depressed toward the line ofseparation between the rolls and extended toward the opposite roll to anextent to provide between its depressed edge and the said roll that isopposite the roll covered by the guard or shield a stalk-passagesomewhat to that side of a vertical plane coincident with and passingthrough the line of separation between the two rolls opposite the guard,whereby when the stalks are drawn between the rolls the Y ears will bedeiiected to one side by the guard, and the snapping off oi' the earsthereby lacilitated.

S. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with a pairof rotary snapping rolls for drawingI the stalks between them, of a pairof inclined guards or shields respectively arranged over an d alon thetwo rolls, and having their opposing longitiuliiuil edge portionsdepressed toward the line ol' separation between the rolls, but leavingbetween their depressed edge portions a stalkpassage ot' suiiicientwidth to admit the stalks, but not the ears, and within such closeproximity to the line of separation between the rolls as to permit therolls to pinch the stalks close up to the butt-ends of the ears, saidguards being also arranged to provide between their inclined sides atrough for the snapped-off ears, for the purpose described.

9. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with a pairot' rotary snapping-rolls, of a pair of guards or shields respectivelyarranged over and along the two rolls, and having their opposinglongitudinal edges depressed to forni a trough, but leaving spacebetween their edges to form a bottom passage in the trough of suficicntwidth to admit the stalks, but not the ears, and an endless elevatorchain or belt provided with fingers which traverse the trough formedbetween the sloping sides of said guards, for the purpose set forth.

l0. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, with apair of snappingrolls ot relatively-diiferent diameters, of the guards Iand K, depressed along their opposM ing longitudinal edges, with theguard I standing higher than the guard K, and an endless eonveyer chainor belt provided with lingers IIO which during the travel of the belttraverse a path over and adjacent to the guard K, for the purpose setforth.

11. In a corn-harvester, a pair of4 parallel rotary snapping-rollswhereof one roll is provided with spriiig-backed ribs arranged withrelation to the other roll. to pinchv the ditferent sizes of stalks.

12. In a corn-harvester, a pair of parallel rotary sn appingro11swhereof one roll is provided with aseries of long-itudinally-arrangedflexible spring-ribs, 13, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

13. In a corn-harvester, a pair of parallel rotary snapping-rollswhereof one roll is provided with a series of longitudinal grooves andfienible spring-ribs, 13, backed by springs l that are arranged withinsuch g'rooves, substantially as described. l

14C. In a corn-harvester, a pair of parallel l rotary rolls having aportion of their length l constructed as snapping-rolls and a portion lof their length adapted as husking'rolls for husking the snapped-olfears, one of said rolls l having iis snapping portion provided with Iribs, and one of said rolls being along its husking' portion providedwith husking-tecth, for the purpose set forth.

15. In a corn harvesting and husking mal chine, the roll D, providedalong a portion of its length with longitudinal ribs and along' anotherportion of its length with annular E, having along' a portion of itslength grooves for receiving the teeth of the oppositely-arranged roll,for the purpose set forth.

16. The combination, substantiallyas herein set forth, with a pair ofhuskingrolls whereof one roll is provided with sets of husking-teethalternating' with grooves 22 and the opposite roll provided withperipheral prol jections which register with the grooves of the toothedroll, of the guard or shield K', arf l rows of husking-teeth, combinedwith the roll l, l l.

ranged over the nntoothed roll and provided with gaps for the passage ofthe peripheral projections upon such roll, for the purpose described.

17. The combination, substantially as herein set forth, with a pair ofhuskingrolls, one of which is provided with husking-teeth and madelarger in diameter than the opposite roll, of a guard or shield arrangedover the smaller roll and depressed along one edge toward the line ofseparation between the two rolls, for the purpose described.

18. The combination, substantially as here- I in described, with theroll D, ribbed along the forward portionof its length, and along' therear portion of its length provided with husking-teeth, and the roll E,arranged parallel withsaid ribbed and toothed roll, of a guard Iextending along and over the ribbed-roll portion,but terminating shortof the toothed-roll i portion, so as to expose the husking-teeth, and ia guard arranged over the length of the roll E, that is alongside thetoothed-roll portion, for the purpose described.

l0. The combination, with a pair of parallel rotary snapping-rolls and apair of parallel rotary husking-rolls extending back from thesnapping-rolls, of. a raised check or stop, H, arranged over the rollsadjacent to t-he point of separation between the husking-rolls and thesn apping-rolls and in position to insure the snapping off of cars fromstalks of unusual height, substantially as described.

20. The combination, substantially as herein set forth, with a pair ofparallel rotary snapping-rolls, of an endless conveyor chain or beltprovided with fingers arranged to traverse a path adjacent to the lineof separation between the rolls, so as to engage and carry back thesnapped-olf cars, and an endless chain or belt, G, provided with stalkgathering' and conveying' lingers which traverse a plane parallel withand above the plane traversed by the ngers of the conveyerIi, for thepurpose described.

21. The combination, substantiall)r as herein set forth, with a pair ofsnapping-rolls, of an endless chain or belt, G, on one side, providedwith stalk-gatheringlingers which traverse a path in advance of and backover the snapping-rolls, a short opposirely-arranged endless chain orbelt, G', provided with gathering-1ingers which co-operate with such ofthe g'atherin g-fi ngers of the chain G as are in advance of thesnapping-rolls, and an endless conveyer, L, which is arranged on thesame side of but in rear of.- the belt or chain G', and provided withgathering lingers to take the snapped-off ears and convey the same upalong' the snapping-rolls, said conveyer L being' arranged so that atthe point where the stalkgathering' lingers of the endless belt or chainG' leave the stalks the lingers of said conveyer L shall engage thestalks and prevent the iingers of said chain orbelt G' from drawing' thestalks away from the lingers of the opposite chain or belt, G,substantially as described.

22. In a corn-harvester, the combination, with a wheel-supported -mainbody-frame, of a frame or support carrying devices for harvesting thecorn and adj ustably held upon an inclined support with which the mainbodyframe is provided, whereby the height of such corn-harvestingdevices 1n ay be varied without change of angle relatively to theground.

23.V In a corn harvester and husker, the combination, with the mainbody-frame, of a frame carrying' husking-rolls and adjustably held uponan inclined support with which said main body-frame is provided, wherebythe height of the husking-rolls can be varied without change of ang'lerelatively to the ground, substantially asset forth.

24. In a corn harvesting and husking machine, the husk-gatheringreceptacle R, combined with and arranged below the huskingrolls andhavingits bottom formed with alon- IOO IOS

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gitudiuadlyexlendi11g izlised middle portion combined with the tiltinglhuslvdelleolwoi 2f), providing along' the under side of Such leoept'ordefleeting the husks into eithet1 of the l'e- 1o mele f1 passage for theupper ends of the Stfmdeeptaele-Slimoes between the raised bottomporinp; stalks, substantially :1S set torth. tion dthe sides,substantially as Set forth. 5 25. The hoek-gathering receptacle R, oomiVLUKE XV. OSBORN.

lrmed with, and :1l-ranged below the hnskihg'- lYitneSSeS: rollS andhaving ithhottom ifoi'niod with nlon- J. T. DONAHOE,gitudiimlly-extouding raised middle port ion, l DAVID CLMMINS.

